Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Denmark has twice as many pigs as there are people.
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People with light eye colors (like blue, green or grey) have a higher alcohol tolerance.
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It 'snows' metal on Venus.
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When you shave a guinea pig it looks like a little hippo.
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